Took the newspaper articles that Classic Bolens posted in post # 28 and cleaned them up and converted to a pdf document if anyone wants a copy - the one article was hard to read but I think I got most of the words right. Hope Classic Bolens doesn't mind.

Took the newspaper articles that Classic Bolens posted in post # 28 and cleaned them up and converted to a pdf document if anyone wants a copy - the one article was hard to read but I think I got most of the words right. Hope Classic Bolens doesn't mind.

Took the newspaper articles that Classic Bolens posted in post # 28 and cleaned them up and converted to a pdf document if anyone wants a copy - the one article was hard to read but I think I got most of the words right. Hope Classic Bolens doesn't mind.

As a bit of an update, I've placed an order with David Berglund from 'Berglund & Wilenius' in Sweden who does the custom steel bolsters as featured earlier. Thanks to the help from those such as Ken, Doug E, and Kevin who reached out with advice on points of interest to consider and questions to ask, it will be made to the specs of the later large frame casting and also have the correct larger 7/8" axle pin- (thanks, Kevin) the HDT calls for. Very helpful and very much appreciated, guys, as I did not realize there were these differences. I can't thank you enough again.

Mr. Berglund happened to mention in our conversations that he has a "mint restored HDT1000" in his shop; of course he had my attention and I had to ask for pics. I learned that he is also a member of the broader tractor community and not only does high quality fabrication, but is an enthusiast of the tractor hobby as well. I asked if I may "pick his brain" a bit on the HDT1000 model explaining that they're a rarity in the States and also how there is an absence of information of them that many would like to seek. He stated that he knew about the rarity factor of them over here however it's not the case where he's located. In fact, he explained that around every third or fourth large frame he sees listed for sale is an HDT1000. He said on the other hand, for comparison, he has never seen a '14xx' large frame model for that matter but has owned a couple of 1050 tube frames.

I requested permission to post some of his pictures of the HDT and he gave the consent so as long as credit was given to his business partner "Fredrik" who performed the restoration of it. With the lack of general information and pictures there are of them here in the U.S., it's fun to see what another looks like and also learn that the model is actually quite common overseas. Perhaps we need to ship some over here.

To Mr. Fredrik's credit,

Edited by Austen, February 07, 2018 - 02:35 PM.

olcowhand, OldBuzzard, blackjackjakexxix and 7 others have said thanks

I wonder how the pricing is over there compared to here. Whats our dollar value to theirs? Love their much wider, more glass, cabs they have there for the large frames as well. Depending on the answers to these questions, & the rarity of them here,... it just might not be such a crazy idea to work with someone over there & have one shipped over here so one could have one as part of their collection. Thanks for the update Austin, looking forward to hearing more as things progress. 🖒

Side note: if theyre so common there, would that also mean the availability of NOS, (or even used) engine parts for the deisel large frame models are also easy to come by??? We all know how damned near non existant they are here.